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The Justice Department obstructed the IRS probe of the president’s son.

And vice president kamala harris taking on iowas abortion ban just days after blasting floridas black history curriculum. our reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with new charges brought against former president trump in the mar-a-lago classified documents case. nbcs ken dilanian is reporting from the justice department, whats in this new indictment, ken? >> this indictment really describes a sorted obstruction of justice conspiracy between the former president of...

Were just learning the identity of that i.t. director, two people close to the investigation tell cnn his name is taveras, trump employee number four in that indictment. trump is also facing an additional charge for willfully retaining a top secret document about military attack plans for iran. cnns paula reid joins me now. two categories in effect in these new charges in the classified documents indictment. tell us about the obstruction one, about deleting potential evidence here. >> thats righ...

These very serious criminal cases that are filed against him, but also for the good of the country. >> top republicans are defending the former president. house speaker kevin mccarthy today compared trumps case to that of president biden who, like former president mike pence, actually voluntarily handed over classified documents that they had retained. listen, if you can, for a moment to representative mccarthy. then i want to get your reaction. >> what concerns me is you have a sitting presiden...

Just astounding to see it laid out. >> and so volume two of the mueller report had six obstructive acts. what was clear from the early stages of the investigation when the government took the extraordinary step of releasing the application for the search warrant is that the obstruction sort of smacked you in the face. i asked on this show why was not the obstruction part charged immediately because it was all out in public. when you see it in black and white and you see that it goes to trumps st...

Capitol hill for us. so house speaker kevin mccarthy did take questions about the trump charges, though. what did he say? >> reporter: yeah, speaker kevin mccarthy weighed in for the first time today. he was asked by our manu raju whether he has any concerns about these new charges which includes allegations the former president sought to have surveillance footage deleted from mar-a-lago, but kevin mccarthy would not weigh in on the substance. he would not address the obstruction piece of these ...

Trying to destroy video evidence, - trying to destroy video evidence, wouldnt that lead to consciousness of guilt? you dont destroy evidence if you are not aware you have done anything wrong. that goes to the heart of the conspiracy. that anything wrong. that goes to the heart of the conspiracy.— heart of the conspiracy. that is obstruction _ heart of the conspiracy. that is obstruction of _ heart of the conspiracy. that is obstruction ofjustice. - heart of the conspiracy. that is obstruction ...

Willful retention of national defense information, and two additional counts of obstruction. it also named a new defendant, carlos deoliveira, a property manager at mar-a-lago. de oliveira allegedly helped trumps longtime valet and codefendant, walt nauta, move boxes containing classified documents out of a storage room. he allegedly spoke with "trump employee 4" which we now know to be yusuf taveras, the director of security, for trying to delete the security footage showing the boxes moved. we...

Can speculate on, will you it is not an element of the crime.but an element of the crime. the one thing that the schemes will make clear to the jury, you dont really have to decide that because you know that the defendants knew that they were doing something wrong and intended it. you dont need to obstruct not once but twice if you didnt do anything wrong. i mean, this is -- as glenn said, is this like watergate, it is the coverup. and here you have two. and as brandon correctly said, you know, ...

And check in with him that the big guy likes to keep up with appearances. the big question tonight is what will happen to hunter peer but more importantly, what will happen to joe biden as a result of everything we are learning and everything we know. after everything we learned from the irs whistle-blowers including the governments obstruction of witnesses. a lack of interest and censorship of the laptop. tthe stall tactics that allow that statute of limitations to expire on serious tax charges...